BROOM    掃帚

INTENSELY BIG BRUSH USED FOR:in order to CAUSE ROOMS TO BECOME CLEAN.
BESOMPUSH BROOMCORN BROOMWHISK BROOM
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for the broom, which standardly cooccurs with jī1 箕 "dustpan", is zhǒu 帚. 2. Liè 鬣 refers specifically to a broom made of the mane of a horse. 3. Sáo 埽 refers to the process of sweeping something clean, and this process is standardly accompanied by xǐ 灑 / 洒 "sprinkling with water". See SWEEP 4. Shuā 刷 refers to a broom-like brush, but the word is rare in pre-Han texts. See BRUSH
Modern Chinese Criteria
掃帚 is the current modern word for using a broom to clean an area. 掃 帚 is the standard modern word for a broom. 笤帚 refers to a whisk broom. 彗 炊帚 筅帚 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • SWEEPREMOVE DUST USING a BROOM.
  • BRUSHTOOL CONTAINING a HANDLE AND HAIR OR RESEMBLING THINGS FIXED ON that HANDLE.
Hypernym
  • BRUSH　TOOL CONTAINING a HANDLE AND HAIR OR RESEMBLING THINGS FIXED ON that HANDLE. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 203

    Besen:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 251

    Worfel:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 727

    Besen:

    Several brooms are depicted on Han reliefs.

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.1129

    • Words (6 items)

    帚  zhǒu OC: pjuʔ MC: tɕɨu 6 Attributions

    The current word for the broom, which standardly cooccurs with jī1 箕"dustpan", is zhǒu 帚.

      Syntactic words
    • nbroom
    鬣  liè OC: rab MC: liɛp 1 Attribution

    Liè 鬣 refers specifically to a broom made of the mane of a horse.

      Syntactic words
    • n(horse's mane used as a) broom
    篲  huì MC: zjwejH OC: sɢʷeds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbroomCH
    荓  píng OC: beeŋ MC: beŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nplant which is used for producing brooms (GUAN)
    箕帚  jī zhǒu OC: kɯ pjuʔ MC: kɨ tɕɨu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdustpan and broom Ricci: Balai et van à poussière
    掃  sǎo OC: sbluuʔ MC: sɑu 0 Attributions

    Sǎo 埽 refers to the process of sweeping something clean, and this process is standardly accompanied by xǐ 灑/洒 "sprinkling with water". See SWEEP

      Syntactic words
    • nbroom